Waste Treatment Technology News articles from August 1998

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from August 1998

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS Mercury Control Gets Green Light.
August 19, 1998... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227- 1022; Tel: 410/368-7000) received a U.S. patent for a method to reduce mercury emissions targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an air toxic. Mercury vapor...

Injection Process Filters Contaminants.
August 19, 1998... A new technique developed at the DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) may be able to remove deadly contaminants from groundwater more easily and less expensively. Pacific Northwest researchers have created in situ redox...

Resin Wastes Cleaned of Metal Contaminants.
August 19, 1998... A team of researchers from BASF Corp. (15 Elliot Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960; Tel: 973/539-8831) have patented methods for removing contaminant metals from aqueous waste streams resulting from the manufacture of a resin such as polystyrene...

Chlorinated Compounds, Other VOCs Oxidized.
August 19, 1998... After four years with an innovative treatment system, a North Carolina pharmaceutical maker reports that the catalytic oxidizer has saved it more than $100,000 a year over alternative methods. Niro, Inc., (83 Highfields Rd, Abington, MA...

INCINERATION: Another Patent for Levendis.
August 19, 1998... Yiannis Levendis of Northeastern University (Boston, MA) has developed a method for the simultaneous control of SO2, NOx, HCl, air toxins, metal fumes, and particulate emissions (ash, soot, metal oxides) from fossil fuel burning combustion...

ADVANCED CONTAINMENT No 55 Gallon Drums for USN.
August 19, 1998... The U.S. Navy has patented a mobile safety structure with separate compartments for containment and handling of hazardous materials (U.S. Patent 5,785,591). The handling, storage and transport of hazardous materials, and particularly...

INDUSTRY NEWS: WMI Must Divest.
August 19, 1998... USA Waste Services, Inc. (No. 300, Quorum Dr., Dallas, TX 75240-7035; Tel: 214/233-4212) and Waste Management, Inc. (WMI, 3003 Butterfield Rd., Oak Brook, IL 06521-1100; Tel: 630/572-8800) have completed their proposed merger transaction. USA...

Allied Waste to Merge.
August 19, 1998... Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (7201 E. Camelback Rd., No. 375, Scottsdale, AZ 85251; Tel: 602/423-2946) has signed a definitive merger agreement with Illinois Recycling Services, Inc. (3301 W. 48th Place, Chicago, IL 60632-3024; Tel:...

Catalytica Reports Second Quarter.
August 19, 1998... Catalytica, Inc. (430 Ferguson Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043; Tel: 415/960-3000, Fax: 415/960-1027) has reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 1998. Revenues for the second quarter were $96,077,000,...

Med/Waste Acquires Health Care Waste.
August 19, 1998... Med/Waste, Inc. (3890 NW 132nd St., No. K, Opa Locka, FL 33054; Tel: 305/688-3931) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health Care Waste Services, Inc. (HCWS, 3499 Rombouts Ave., Bronx, NY 10475; Tel: 718/994-7124, Fax: 718/324-4464), a...

Resurgence at EEC.
August 19, 1998... Environmental Elements Corp. (EEC, 3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227-1022; Tel: 410/368-7000) reports net income of $207,000 ($0.03 per diluted share) for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1998, compared to net income of $14,000...

Olin Joins Forces with Wacker.
August 19, 1998... Olin Microelectronic Materials (1025 S. 52nd St., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/829-1010, Fax: 602/921-0831) and Wacker Silicones Corp. (15621 Blue Ash Dr., Houston, TX 77090; Tel: 281/873-0264) will soon manufacture and market slurries for...

Allied Waste's Revenues Rise.
August 19, 1998... Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (7201 E. Camelback Rd., No. 375, Scottsdale, AZ 85251; Tel: 602/423-2946) has released financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 1998. Allied's Pro Forma net income and earnings per share for...

NUCLEAR/HAZARDOUS U.S. Filter Recovers Copper.
August 19, 1998... U.S. Filter (73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92260; Tel: 619/340-0098) has developed a proprietary technology, which will allow the semiconductor industry to treat and reclaim water from copper chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP)...

Brownfields Amendment Passed.
August 19, 1998... Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO), a Democratic leader on environmental clean-up issues, passed one of the more meaningful environmental measures in the 105th Congress in mid-July by increasing funding and expanding the scope of the EPA...

MARKETS: Nukes Hurting Indian Trade.
August 19, 1998... India is in dire need of help in the field of municipal solid waste but the recent explosion of nuclear bombs is hurting trade, according to a State Dept. Commercial Officer's assessment of the market. From the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai...

PHYSICAL TREATMENT EPRI Microwave Zaps Metallic Solids.
August 19, 1998... Microwaving metallic sludge promises to be a cheaper method of cleaning according to David A. Purta and Alberto M. Guzman. Working for the Electric Power Researcher Institute (EPRI, 3412 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304-1395; Tel:...

Rensselaer Recovers Cyanide Rinse Water.
August 19, 1998... The recovery of cyanide rinse water using commercially available membranes-DESAL3 (Desalination Systems/Osmonics, Escondido, CA), MS10 (Osmonics, 5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343; Tel: 612/933-2277, Fax: 612/933-0141) and SW30HR...

Kuraray Cleans Up.
August 19, 1998... Kuraray of Japan has begun to market oilwater separation systems for use in the automobile and home electronics industries using microfiltration. Synthetic membrane companies are diversifying to water purification system businesses, according...

WASTEWATER: ISRM Remediates for 60% Less.
August 19, 1998... Groundwater contaminated by chromate or chlorinated solvents can be cleaned easily, permanently and more cheaply than conventional pump and treat methods by chemically treating the soil to create an "active" barrier, says John Fruchter,...

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS Reducing Waste Hydrocarbon Levels.
August 19, 1998... EnSolve Biosystems founder and CEO Jason Caplan intends to conquer the billion dollar bilge water market with a microbe filled bioreactor that reduces waste hydrocarbon levels to less than three parts per million The advantage of Ensolve's...

Sonic Treatment Boosts Bioremediation.
August 19, 1998... Timing can be everything in bioremediation. If a water source is contaminated with organic toxins, bioremediation is substantially more effective when the contaminants are in an aqueous/soluble phase, before aquatic sediments sequester them....

Soil Bacteria Work to Remove Metals.
August 19, 1998... Two types of bacteria that cannot naturally live together may provide a rapid way to clean up environmental sites that have been contaminated with toxic metals, according to Scottish scientists. Biologist Geoffrey Gadd and colleagues from the...

MINIMIZATION/RECYCLING Feds Set a Good Example.
August 19, 1998... According to section 6002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), federal agencies are required to buy products containing recovered materials. This "requirement" was given more emphasis by President Clinton's Executive Order...

CALENDAR.
August 19, 1998... September 15-17. The International Symposium & Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central & Eastern Europe will be held in Warsaw, Poland. Tel: 904/644-5524, Fax: 904/574-6704 for more information. September 21 to 24 UDM '98:...